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Curriculum
Charter 2015
Waimarama School Board of Trustees has recently reviewed and update the school charter. Careful planning and consideration has taken place to ensure focused learning and development continue to meet the needs of the Waimarama School community. Feedback is welcome.
Charter 2015
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Key Competencies in Action
At Waimarama School we will see:- |
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Thinking |
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Using language, symbols and texts |
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Managing self |
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Managing self |
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Relating to others |
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Participating and Contributing |
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Big Ideas Explored through Inquiry Learning
Waimarama – Our Place
Social Studies
- Understand that belonging to a group is important for people.
- Understand how the past is important to people.
- Understand that people have social, cultural and economic rights and responsibilities.
Learning Languages
- Language and cultural knowledge
This theme encourages students to appreciate our environment and the people who live in it. What makes Waimarama special?
Diversity
Social Studies
- Understand how the status of Maori as tangata whenua is significant for communities in New Zealand.
Learning Languages
- Language and cultural knowledge
The Arts
- Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts
This theme encourages students to learn about how and why people live and act they way they do.
How we Express Ourselves
Social Studies
- Understand how cultural practises reflect and express people’s customs, traditions and values.
Learning Languages
- Language and cultural knowledge
The Arts
- Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts
This theme encourages students to express themselves in a wide variety of ways, and to value that expression in themselves and others.
Scientific Me
Science
- Physical World – Physical inquiry & physics concepts
- Material World – Properties and changes of Matter
This theme will help develop an understanding of Physical Phenomena – movement, forces, electricity & magnetism, light, sound, waves, and heat.
Enterprise & Innovation
Technology
- Plan, develop and evaluate a technological outcome.
This theme encourages students to be entrepreneurial.
Enterprise & Innovation
Technology
- Plan, develop and evaluate a technological outcome.
This theme encourages students to be entrepreneurial.
Sharing the Planet
Science
- Living World- Life Processes, Ecology.
- Planet Earth and Beyond- Earth, interacting and astronomical cycles.
Social Studies
- Understand that people have different roles and responsibilities as part of their participation in groups.
- Understand how places in New Zealand are significant for individuals and groups.
We are an Education for Sustainability school, where children learn to understand the impact we have on our environment.